A September 9 letter from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) officials to the Department of Health and Human Services stressed that a compromise could effectively be reached in the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive requirement.

The letter, in response to the US government's request for comments on a proposal mandating contraceptive coverage, echoed the Supreme Court's May 16 decision in Zubik vs Burwell -- the combined lawsuit of the Little Sisters of the Poor, Priests for Life, and several other religious groups, that said providing contraception coverage to employees through their insurance plans violated their religious beliefs.